Are there any millenials who think tattoos are trashy?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For the PP suburban dad who wanted to know what to get....I recommend going to Bethesda tattoo and looking at their books. They have some talented artists working there and some really beautiful stuff. I would never get a tattoo but I can appreciate their talent.
I also recommend something nature based (like a bird or tree). Nature endures in a way that ironic cartoon characters, cultural references, political statements, etc. do not. Animals can also be a little cliche (wolf, dolphin, lion, etc.) because they seem too referential (like “I’m a tough loner so I have a lone wolf on my arm—get it?” Yes, we get it.)

Eww tattoos are hideous

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You know who doesn't think tattoos are trashy?

Trashy people.

This took a year?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Please please please please please do not get a Chinese tattoo unless:
1.) you speak and read Chinese and you know the cultural reference and relevance of the Chinese word--you don't want people who are able to read Chinese laugh at you because your tattoo effectively meaningless and just random words put together. Chinese words are not alphabets and each character has a meaning.
2.) you get it from an actual tattoo artist who meets the first criteria.

It's still a shit idea even if you meet these criteria. Just let this one die.

[Anonymous]

Pastor is covered with tatoos. Hands, neck, arms. He has a tattoo of a fish hook that is particularly stunning on his arms.

[Anonymous]

But do the Ivy League students get them?

[Anonymous]

Any tattoo that can be seen when living one’s normal life, is trashy - b. 1989

[dccheng510]

well, millennial here. I asked my dates if they have tattoos on my first or second date cause it's almost a deal breaker for me. So happy that my husband's answer was no, even though he thinks it's kind of art.

[Anonymous]

Tattoos are bad taste and bad judgement.

[Anonymous]

None of my friends have tattoos. I’m a millennial. Not sure where everyone is seeing these tatted up people.

[Anonymous]

So, this thread makes me sad. That we are just itching to find a reason to throw a person away, make them less than, make them not as real or deserving as us, etc. Humans are not trash by anything other than their actions towards others. It takes a LOT for someone to be so irredeemable in their words and actions for me to call them trash. Certainly not because they happen to like tattoos or tight clothes or whatever

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So, this thread makes me sad. That we are just itching to find a reason to throw a person away, make them less than, make them not as real or deserving as us, etc. Humans are not trash by anything other than their actions towards others. It takes a LOT for someone to be so irredeemable in their words and actions for me to call them trash. Certainly not because they happen to like tattoos or tight clothes or whatever

Oh damn it I realized now I got pulled into someone trolling up an old thread. I hate successful trolls!

[Anonymous]

Yes, me . I think they are trashy.

[Anonymous]

dccheng510 wrote:well, millennial here. I asked my dates if they have tattoos on my first or second date cause it's almost a deal breaker for me. So happy that my husband's answer was no, even though he thinks it's kind of art.

Seriously? I don't have tattoos but that seems really shallow.

[Anonymous]

I've rarely seen a tattoo that I like, but I've seen lots of bad ones. The trouble is you don't know how yours will turn out. I don't automatically assume people with tattoos are trashy, but it takes a certain personality type to get a tattoo, one that is comfortable with risk. I also think some people are addicted to getting tattoos, and it's not even about self-expression or the art, but the thrill from the risk-taking itself.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:None of my friends have tattoos. I’m a millennial. Not sure where everyone is seeing these tatted up people.

I don’t see them in my social group but more at restaurants now. Even high end ones with actually hire someone with one on the wrist. The entire meal I’m half repulsed but what can I do. The people who sell you things. It’s definitely a socioeconomic thing in some ways. But it’s more prevalent.